Combined beam sweeping procedure

An apparatus for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors;
• and
• one or more processor-readable instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), first reference signal configuration information associated with a first beam sweeping procedure, and second reference signal configuration information associated with a second beam sweeping procedure;
• transmit, to the UE during the first beam sweeping procedure, a first set of reference signals according to the first reference signal configuration information, each reference signal of the first set of reference signals associated with a respective transmit beam of a set of transmit beams;
• receive, from the UE based at least in part on transmitting the first set of reference signals, a channel state information report comprising an indication of a preferred transmit beam of the set of transmit beams;
• and
• autonomously update a transmission configuration indicator state based at least in part on the channel state information report.

A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• receiving, from a base station, first reference signal configuration information associated with a first beam sweeping procedure, and second reference signal configuration information associated with a second beam sweeping procedure;
• receiving, from the base station during the first beam sweeping procedure, a first set of reference signals according to the first reference signal configuration information, each reference signal of the first set of reference signals associated with a respective transmit beam of a set of transmit beams;
• transmitting, to the base station responsive to receiving the first set of reference signals, a channel state information report comprising an indication of a preferred transmit beam of the set of transmit beams;
• and
• autonomously updating a transmission configuration indicator state based at least in part on the channel state information report.

A method for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), first reference signal configuration information associated with a first beam sweeping procedure, and second reference signal configuration information associated with a second beam sweeping procedure;
• transmitting, to the UE during the first beam sweeping procedure, a first set of reference signals according to the first reference signal configuration information, each reference signal of the first set of reference signals associated with a respective transmit beam of a set of transmit beams;
• receiving, from the UE based at least in part on transmitting the first set of reference signals, a channel state information report comprising an indication of a preferred transmit beam of the set of transmit beams;
• and
• autonomously updating a transmission configuration indicator state based at least in part on the channel state information report.